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CompuCom is Compu-Can!
Louisville enhances its IT sector with 200 new high-tech and high paying jobs being added by 2014 as a result of a CompuCom Systems, Inc. expansion, the type of investment and job creation that is a good fit for Louisville and provides highly skilled, highly technical and well-paid positions.
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Fast Forward
Louisville continues to gain momentum as a high velocity locale for young start-ups on a fast track. Fresh on the heels of being named to Fast Company’s Fast Fifty and in the top 20 of the Kaufman Foundation’s Cities Where Fast-growing Firms Flourish, Louisville just named eleven new burgeoning companies to its High Impact Portfolio and awarded them its coveted High Impact Awards.
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One Stop Job Shop
Louisville has created an innovative new partnership that is developing a pipeline of qualified workers and making it easier for jobseekers in the manufacturing sector to obtain training and access to the National Association of Manufacturers “stackable credentials.”
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Bourbon Bonanza
How much would you pay for a bottle of bourbon? Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Ozersky deals with the tantalizing subject of bourbon scarcity in a March 22nd story that hails Pappy Van Winkle’s 23-Year-Old Bourbon as the “most prized bourbon in the world.” Apparently, coveted bottles of the elegant amber liquid can go for nearly $700 on the internet and as much as $100 a shot depending on where you are and who is pouring. It’s a simple case of supply and demand and sometimes the cases just aren’t there. Ozersky points to the boom in the bourbon business as a reason why a hard to get brand can become so pricey. . . .and a trophy for those who can afford it.
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Hack Away!
Louisville is looking for a few good IT professionals to participate in the first Code Red White & Blue Hack-a-Thon on Saturday, May 11, in the nation’s capital. Louisville is one of the first cities in the country to utilize the hack-a-thon concept to enhance talent recruitment in the IT sector and is the first to offer participants open data from multiple government sources, including local, state and federal. Code Red White & Blue is a one-day event designed to encourage development of new and innovative tech-based solutions to community issues and challenges. Individuals and teams can win awards totaling $10,000 for the most innovative apps or new software design and development. For more info or to register go to Twitter @CodeRWB, Facebook @CodeRWB, Google+ D.C. Hack-a-thon and www.RedWhiteBlueHack.com.
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